Railway-tie



PATENTED FEB. 16, l1904.`

A. W'. BASCOM.

RAILWAY TIB.

APPLIoATIoN HLED :um: 26,l 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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VPATENT f OFFICE.

RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,507, dated February 16, 1904.

` Appunti@ ned June 26,1902. serial un. 113,314. (Nomade.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALMON WOOD a citizen of the United States` residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in combined metal railway ties and clamps.

The object of 'the invention is to improve the construction of such rail ties and clamps and to produce a tie formed of two pieces or sections securely bolted together, thereby making a strong durable tie which, in conjunction with the rail-clamps, will firmly hold the rail in place and brace the same against spreading or overturning.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, a side elevation of the tie. Figs. 2 and 3 are top and bottom plan views of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line 4 4 of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a similar view on line 5 5 of the same ligure.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the metal tie formed of two right-angularly-shaped sections securely bolted or riveted together, so that two of their sides form a flat horizontal bear-A ing-surface 2,' upon which therails are adapted to be laid, the vertical webs 3 of the sections beingbolted or riveted together and projecting downwardly into the ballast or roadbed and being beveled or inclined from their outer ends toward the center, as shown, to

form the downwardly-converging edges a, which enable the vertical webs of the tie to become readily embedded.

4 denotes the inner Vrail-clamps, each consisting of a plate of metal bent to conform to shape of the rail-flange and adapted to be placed across the horizontal faces of the two BAscoM,

Figure l is V ties.

sections of the tie and to be securely bolted to each section, thereby serving the doublefunction of clamping the rails on their inner sides and rigidly holding the sections of the tie together.

5 denotes the outer rail-clamps, each consisting of the inclined channel-shaped plate 6, formed at its lower end with a securing-flange 7, which is also adapted to span the two sections of the tie and to be securely bolted to each of said sections, and thereby also serving the double function of bracing and holding the rail and rigidly holding the sections of the tie together.V The edge of the channel-plate 6, which engages the outer side of the rail, is shaped to conform to the contour of said side of the rail and to fit snugly up under the tread of the rail, thereby not only holding the rail down upon the tie, but also preventing spreading or any tendency of the rails to overturn.

The downwardly-projecting vertical webs 3 of the tie-sections when embedded in the ballast or road-bed prevent any tendency the tie .may have to slide along the rails. This manner of constructing the tie also gives great strength andfrigidity to the tie.

It is well known that the spikes used to hold the rails on the ordinary wooden tiesfrequently pull out under heavy strain, thereby allowing the rail to spread, while'the application of'one of the above-described ties to each rail in conjunction with the wooden ties would entirely obviate any possibility of the rails spreading or turning and pulling out spikes. A.

It is obvious that I may use these ties as an auxiliary holding means for the rails in conjunction with ordinary wooden ties or I may use them alone to take the place of the wooden ties.

The advantages of such a tie are apparent, the same being simple, strong, and durable,

easily applied, and will positively hold the rail in place whether used with or without wooden From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and adzontal webs disposed in a common plane, the I5 lower edges of the vertical webs being in- @lined and converging downwardly from their ends to their centers, to enable said vertical webs to readily become embedded.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 20' my hand in presence of the subscribing witnesses.

ALMON WOOD BASCOM.

Witnesses:

A. E. BARNES, GEO. A. LATIMER, CoNsTANoE GERARD. 

